‘Pull Up’

Shortly after the two medical crewmembers in a Eurocopter AS350 B2 saw trees beneath the helicopter during a dark night flight in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and told the pilot to “pull up,” he told them he planned to divert to another airport. Then he began a left turn that ended in the emergency medical services (EMS) helicopter’s crash into trees and terrain.

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